Anger from unions at new SNP plan to privatise teacher training

The EIS education union has reacted angrily to the Scottish government’s plan to involve private firms in teacher training.

Scottish National Party (SNP) education minister John Swinney is looking at a new route into teaching—and confirmed that firms such as Teach First could bid for contracts.

Teach First graduates receive university input for five weeks before being fast tracked into schools. There they deliver 80 percent of a teacher’s timetable and work towards a diploma in education over two years.